This Norton Critical Edition includes:
- Nobel Laureate Seamus Heaney's poetic translation of the great
Anglo-Saxon epic--winner of the Whitbread Prize--along with his
translator's introduction.
- Detailed explanatory annotations and an introduction to Old English
language and prosody by Daniel Donoghue.
- More than two dozen visuals, including, new to the Second Edition, a
fine selection of objects from the Staffordshire Hoard.
- A rich array of Anglo-Saxon and early northern civilization materials,
providing student readers with Beowulf's cultural and historical
context.
- Nine critical interpretations, three of them new to the Second
Edition.
- A glossary of personal names and a selected bibliography.
**About the Series
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Critical Editions set the standard for apparatus that is right for
undergraduate readers. The three-part format--annotated text, contexts,
and criticism--helps students to better understand, analyze, and
appreciate the literature, while opening a wide range of teaching
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